This
post isn’t meant to showcase a truly awesome cake à la Cake Boss, Ace of Cakes or
Food Network Challenge. Please, I don’t
know how to build cakes! It’s just meant
to show a cute technique that I’ve used to make a fun little cake.
I made
this cake for a baby shower several years ago.
Two girls I worked with were having babies and I love them both. I wanted to make them an awesome cake. I went large and in charge – three layers of
rich chocolate with ample buttercream frosting in between. I frosted the entire thing with
buttercream. One girl knew she was
having a boy but the other was waiting for the grand arrival so I went with
green for the decorations.
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- Light green colored frosting decorated the
bottom and ridge of the cake (food colored buttercream)
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- I added a thin sprinkling of mashed graham
crackers along the edge as well
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- Two green Winnie the Pooh pacifiers at either
corner of the cake
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- My favorite: two green sugar babyfoot prints in
the center
The baby footprints: Curl your right hand into a fist. Turn your wrist so that your thumb is on top
of the fist and your pinky finger is the bottom of the fist (knuckles parallel
with your arm). Place your hand
in green sugar so it sticks to your pinky finger/edge of your hand. Gently rest your sugary fist on the
buttercream to transfer the sugar. This
makes the little right foot. Use the pad
of your index finger to transfer sugar that will make the toeprints. Use your left fist to make the left foot.
Foggy
mirrors and car windows are the best place to practice making these little
footprints. I learned to do it from
friends on many bus rides home after swim practice or swim meets.
Enjoy!
